Two Huntington Men Suspected In Copper Theft

Two Huntington Men Suspected In Copper Theft

Two Huntington Men Suspected In Copper Theft

Arrest warrants were issued Tuesday for two Huntington men accused of stealing nearly $44,000 worth of copper wiring.

Steven Mask, 25, and Joey Carter, 25, are suspected by Sebastian County investigators of felony theft and felony criminal mischief, according to a news release issued by investigator Philip Pevehouse of the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office.

“Both Mask and Carter admitted to the felony theft and felony criminal mischief in giving their form statements,” Pevehouse stated in the news release.

Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office were called to the 5900 block of Nickletown Road on Oct. 21 in reference to copper wiring being stolen from a building.

“The victim reported 50 spools of number 10 single strand copper wire was stolen,” Pevehouse stated. “The wire was being stored after being left over from a previous job.”

The spools of wire were described as approximately 2,500 feet in length and valued at an estimated $43,750, the news release states.

While interviewing Mask, investigators developed Carter as a second suspect, the news release states.

Mask has been arrested and was about to be booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center at around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. An official with the Sheriff’s Office said Carter was not at the jail, and she did not know if he had been arrested yet.